Stefan Humphries is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on January 20, 1962 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Humphries was also a stellar student at in the University of Michigan, and in 1984, he became a winner of the NCAA Top Five Award, which was awarded to five outstanding senior athletes from the class of 1984.
Humphries was picked to the Chicago Bears in the third round (71st overall selection) in the 1984 NFL Draft. He played for the Bears between 1984 and 1986, playing in 25 games but not as an official starting player. He was on that 1985 Bears team which took home Super Bowl XX. He was also part of the “Shuffling Crew” in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. He was on the sidelines for most of 1986’s NFL season on injured reserve following an injury to his foot during the training camp prior to preseason. He was activated in November and played at four occasions.
He was enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1980 and was a part of Bo Schembechler’s Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1980 until 1983. In his freshman year the defensive lineman on the 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team that recorded a 10-2-0 record and was ranked 4th on the last AP Poll. After a sophomore year, Humphries was converted to the position of offensive guard, where he remained for the remainder period of his professional career. Following his junior year Humphries was picked by Conference coaches (UPI) and the media (AP) as an all-star player for the 1982 All-Big Ten Conference football team. In his senior year He was also chosen in the AP as an All-Big Ten first-teamer.
In August 1987, the Bears traded Humphries to the Denver Broncos in exchange for punter Bryan Wagner. He appeared in seven games, all as the Broncos’ starting right guard, during the 1987 NFL season. He appeared in only one game for the Broncos in 1988, having been placed on injured reserve status after the first game of the season. In August 1989, the Broncos announced Humphries’ retirement.
